"Wholesale power
prices remain weak because of low natural gas prices, a fuel used to generation.

Farhågor kopplade till Japans kärnkraftsproblem

"Generation is confident its nuclear generating facilities do not have the same operating risks as the Fukushima Daiichi plant because they are designed to withstand extreme environmental hazards, including floods and earthquakes, even though Generation’s plants are not located in significant earthquake zones or in regions where tsunamis are a threat."

On March 16, 2011, the EPA issued a draft air toxics rule under the Clean Air Act, which will require existing and new coal-fired electricity generating plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.[...]

older, less-efficient coal-fired plants have to make costly upgrades or
shut down some generating units. Owners of natural-gas, nuclear and renewable
power plants would be the biggest winners. "